Shower seat



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SHOWER SEAT Filed May 13, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 17, 1941 UNETED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,245,951 l SHOWER sEAir Charles A. T. Agee, Collingswood, N. J. Application May 13, 1940, Serial No. 334,928

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in shower seats and has for its primary object to provide, in a manneras hereinafter set forth, means whereby a person may rest comfortably whiletaking a shower bath.

Another very important object of the invention is to provide a shower seat of the aforementioned character which is adapted to be expeditiously swung to an out-of-the-way position when not in use.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a shower seat of the character described which will be comparatively simple in construction, strong, durable, highly efficient and reliable in use, compact and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a shower seat constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the device in position for use, an intermediate portion of the arm being broken away in section.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a front elevational view.

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the seat member.

Figure 5 is a detail view in plan of the free end portion of the swinging arm.

Figure 6 is a view in vertical longitudinal section through the free end portion of the swinging arm, taken substantially on the line 66 of Fig. 5, but with the seat member mounted thereon.

Figure 7 is a cross sectional view, taken substantially on the line I'I of Fig. 1.

Figure 8 is a detail view in perspective of an end portion of the leg brace.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the embodiment of the invention which has been illustrated comprises a wall bracket of suitable metal which is designated generally by the reference numeral I. The bracket I includes a vertical leg 2 of angle iron which is adapted to be firmly secured in any suitable manner in a corner of the wall. The bracket I further includes a horizontal leg 3 having fixed thereon an upstanding pivot pin 4. Also mounted on the arm 3 of the bracket l, rearwardly of the pivot pin 4, is a comparatively small stop pin 5.

Journaled on the pin 4 and projecting out wardly from the bracket I is a metallic block 6. The lower face of the block 6 has formed therein an arcuate groove I in which the pin 5 is engaged. Extending into the projecting portion of the block 6 from the forward end thereof is a slot 8 providing bifurcations 9. Projecting into the upper portion of the slot 8 from the block 6 is a beveled stop I0. Extending between the bifurcations 9 is a pin II on which an arm I2 is mounted for swinging movement in a vertical plane. The pivoted inner end portion of the arm I2 is engageable beneath the stop I0 when said arm is in a substantially horizontal position.

Extending laterally into the free end portion of the arm I2 is a slot I3. The reference numeral I4 designates a seat member which is mounted on the free end portion of the arm I2 for pivotal movement laterally thereof. Toward this end, the seat member I4 has secured therebeneath a spider I5. Depending from the spider I5 is an ear I6 which is inserted in the slot I3 and is pivoted on a horizontal axis by a removable pin H in the arm I2 which traverses the slot I3. Also mounted in the free end portion of the arm I2 is a spring pressed latch I8 (see Fig. 6) which is engageable in an opening I9 provided therefor in the ear I6 for releasably securing the seat member [4 in horizontal or operative position on the arm I2.

Pivotally mounted on the free end portion of the arm I2 is a folding leg 20. The lower or free end portion of the leg 20 is provided with a hood or guard 2| in which a rubber wheel 22 is journaled. Pivotally connected to the leg 20 is a brace 23. At one end, the brace 23 terminates in a T-head 24 which is slidable in a slotted guide 25 which is provided therefor on the lower side of the arm I2. The T-head 24 is engageable in a groove 26 which is provided therefor in the lower side of the arm I2 adjacent the forward end of the guide 25 for releasably securing the folding leg 20 in open or operative position.

It is thought that the manner of using the device will be readily apparent from a consideration of the foregoing. Briefly, when the device is not in use the seat member I4 is swung to a vertical position on the arm I2, as suggested in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This, of course, is accomplished by withdrawing the latch or bolt I8 from the opening I9 in the ear I6. The arm I2, with the seat member I4 thereon, may then be swung in a horizontal plane to a position closely adjacent one of the walls, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. It will thus be seen that the device is substantially out of the way when not in use. Of course, when it is desired to use the seat, the arm I2 is swung outwardly away from the wall and the member I4 is swung to a horizontal position on said arm and secured by the latch or bolt IS. The brace 23, with the T-head 24 thereof engaged in the groove 26, positively prevents accidental folding of the leg 20 when the device is in use. If desired, the arm l2, with the seat memher [4 thereon, may be swung upwardly when not in use to a substantially vertical position on the pin H, as seen in dotted lines in Fig, 1 of the drawings. When the arm 12 is swung upwardly in this manner the T-head 24 of the brace 23v is disengaged from the groove 26 to permit the leg 20 to swing downwardly to a position substam tially parallel with said arm l2. Any suitable means may, if necessary, be employed for securing the arm l2 in this raised or substantially vertical position. Also, the bracket I may be constructed for mounting on a flat surface or wall instead of in a corner, as shown.

It is believed that the many advantages of a shower seat constructed in accordance with the present invention will be readily understood and although a preferred embodiment of the device is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A shower seat comprising a bracket for mounting on a support, an arm pivotally mounted on said bracket for swinging movement in a. horizontal plane, a seat member mounted on the free end portion of said arm, a supporting leg pivotally mounted beneath the free end portion of the arm, and means for releasably securing the leg in operative position, said means including a longitudinally slotted guide beneath the arm, said arm having a transverse channel in its lower portion adjacent one end of the guide, a

and. engageable in the channel when the leg is in operative position.

2. A shower seat comprising a wall bracket, an arm mounted for swinging movement in a horizontal plane on said bracket, said arm having a transverse slot in its free end portion, a seat member, an ear depending from said seat member and iournaled in the slot, and a latch mounted in the free end portion of the arm and engageable with the ear for securing the seat member in operative position on said arm.

CHARLES A. T. AGEE. 

